Thursday, September 28, 2017

Hot Off The Ice series by A.E. Wasp - Blog Tour with Excerpt and Giveaway

HOT OFF THE ICE

Meet the men of the Seattle Thunder.

They're hot on and off the ice.

NEW RELEASE

Book Title: Country Boy: Hot Off the Ice #2

Author: A. E. Wasp

Cover Artist: Ana J. Phoenix

Release Date: September 21

Genre/s: Contemporary Romance, gay romance, steamy, sports, hockey

Length: Words: 80K

#2 Robbie & Paul

BlurbSometimes the toughest thing to have faith in is yourself.The first time Paul Dyson met Robbie Rhodes, they ended up naked in Robbie’s bed. The last time they met, on the ice the morning after, Paul punched Robbie in the face and called him something he’d rather not repeat.Two years later, they’re teammates on the Seattle Thunder hockey team.Being gay is wrong, unnatural, and there is no room for them in his world. Paul’s heard that his whole life. So when it hits him that he is gay, he does the only thing he can: he shoves himself so deep in the closet he would need a map to find his way out again.When the chance to fulfill his lifelong dream comes along, Paul can’t say no, even if it forces him to share hotel rooms with the only man he can’t resist. It doesn’t take long for Paul to give into temptation and find himself falling in love with his brilliant, caring teammate.But as much as he cares for Paul, Robbie is finding it harder and harder to justify hiding who he is. It goes against everything he was taught was right. He feels like he has a duty to come out to the public. He’d be the first out gay pro-hockey player.If Paul wants to be with Robbie, he will have to turn his back on his family and everything he’s believed in. If Robbie wants to be will Paul, he’ll have to do the same.It’s going to take them a lot of faith to find their way together in this shiny new world.Country Boy is a love story about figuring out who you are, who you want to be, and how to get there. It contains sweet hockey plays, a 1976 Corvette Stingray, fancy underwear, and the journey of a lifetime.Excerpt

He took a slap
shot at the empty net, raising his arms to an imaginary crowd and giving an
almost silent cheer. Skating slowly to retrieve the puck, he said. “If we wanna
make the show, we’ve got to be the best. We got to push harder and want it
more.” He tossed the puck on the ice in front of Robbie. “Do you want it more?”

“More than
who?” Robbie stared into his eyes, hands resting on the top of his stick.

“More than
anyone else does. More than you want anything else. Do you want it that much?”

Their eyes
met, glittering in the harsh shadows of the bare lamp light. Finally, Robbie
nodded. “Yeah. I do.”

Paul tilted
his head. “Then let’s get to work.”

They skated
hard for some indeterminate length of time Paul knew he would never forget. The
world had narrowed down to a frozen space of biting cold air, moon shadows, and
the sounds of metal blades carving through the ice.

As they sped
down the ice, Robbie right on Paul’s tail, an owl broke out of the trees,
swooping low over Paul’s head with a swish of feathers and an eerie hooting.
“Dang,” Paul said, throwing up his arms and ducking.

“Oh, crap,”
Robbie yelped right before he crashed
into Paul. Down they went in a tangle of arms and legs.

Robbie landed
on top of Paul, knocking the air out of his lungs. Paul’s first thought was
that the parka did a great job of
insulating him from the cold. The second was that having Robbie laying on top
of him felt really good.

Robbie started
to push away, and, Paul moved without thought, wrapping his arms around Robbie.

Robbie
stopped, raising onto his elbows to stare Paul in the eyes. His eyes were such
a warm brown. Paul’s breathing grew heavy,
and he felt Robbie’s chest pressing against his with each exhalation.

He licked his
dry lips, and Robbie’s eyes dropped to his mouth, then back to his eyes. “Can I
kiss you?” Robbie asked quietly.

Paul’s muscles
tightened, and his breath caught.

Mistaking his
silence for a no, Robbie blushed and tried to pull away. Paul grabbed Robbie’s
coat awkwardly, fingers clumsy beneath the thick gloves, and pulled him back
down.

Robbie’s lips
were cold, but his breath was warm as he
kissed Paul gently. He lifted his head to check Paul’s reaction.

Oh,
Paul thought. Oh. He raised his head
off the ice to reach Robbie’s mouth.

Robbie kissed
him again, harder this time, pushing him back down to the ice.

Paul whimpered
at the feel of Robbie’s lips on his. When Robbie’s tongue flicked against the
seam of his mouth, he opened willingly, letting the heat in. Robbie’s thick gloves thumped to the ground
as he pulled them off without breaking the kiss.

Robbie shifted
on top of him as he explored Paul’s mouth, aligning their bodies in a way that
made Paul’s eyes roll back in his head even as the ice numbed his ass through
his jeans.

Skates
scratching against the ice, Paul bent his knees, clamping his thighs against
Robbie’s sides.

Robbie took
what he wanted from Paul, tilting his head to the side with a hand, and
encouraging Paul to open up with sharp nips to his lips.

He pushed
Paul’s head back with pressure on his chin, his mouth moving down the column of
Paul’s neck as best as he could through the protective barrier of outerwear.

Paul panted
through his open mouth as Robbie set his teeth on Paul’s skin and sucked,
tongue flicking against the pulse in Paul’s neck. “Oh, fuck,” he moaned, hips
rising of their own accord as his body fought for some friction.

For most of a
decade, he’d imagined what it would feel like to be held down by a man, to feel
someone strong and hard pressing against him, matching their strength to his.
His imagination had not come close to reality.

Robbie pushed
up onto his arms, forcing his body down onto Paul’s rapidly growing erection.
The place where his mouth had been was suddenly freezing in the cold air.
Paul’s head to toe shudder threatened to throw Robbie off. “Oh, God, oh, God,”
Paul groaned.

“Don’t stop.”

Robbie leaned
down for a long hard kiss that stole the air from Paul’s lungs. He smiled as he
looked at Paul. “If we don’t go inside, we’re going to freeze to death, stick
to the ice, and Mrs. Pierson is going to find our bodies in the morning.” He
jumped up and held a hand out to Robbie.

Paul couldn’t
process what was happening as he let himself be
pulled up. Was that it? Was it over?
Would the kissing stop when they got inside? Please don’t let it stop. He
needed it so badly. Needed to shut off his brain, just for tonight. Please.

Robbie skated
off the rink and headed towards the door. Paul followed him.

BlurbFollow the money or follow your heart? Either way, you lose.When a blown tire leads directly to mind-blowing sex with a white knight named Dakota, pro-hockey player Bryce Lowery discovers he is most definitely gay.Being with Dakota opens up a whole new world. Bryce can’t imagine life without him. But he refuses to be Bryce's dirty little secret. If he wants to keep Dakota, he’s either going to have to come out publicly or retire and walk away from millions of dollars.Bryce Lowery feels like the answer to all of Dakota’s prayers. But is Dakota willing to leave the only life he’s ever known only to be thrust into the spotlight as the boyfriend of the first out gay hockey player? Would their relationship even survive it? He’ll lose Bryce if doesn’t because Bryce will leave eventually. No one would turn down millions of dollars for a nobody with nothing.City Boy is a first time gay, fish out of water, May/December love story with a happy ending. It features snarky siblings, a dirty-talking farmer, lots of food, and big choices. (No poultry was harmed in the making of this book.)

A dreamer and an idealist, Amy writes about people finding connection in a world that can seem lonely and magic in a world than can seem all too mundane. She invites readers into her characters’ lives and worlds when they are their most vulnerable, their most human, living with the same hopes and fears we all have. An avid traveler who has lived in big cities and small towns in four different continents, Amy has found that time and distance are no barriers to love. She invites her readers to reach out and share how her characters have touched their lives or how the found families they have gathered around them have shaped their worlds.